For many unsuccessful years

DMI number:

21713

First Line:

For many unsuccessful years

Last Line:

That heart she had for years denied

Poem Genre / Form:

Alternate rhyme [ababcdcd...]

Themes:

Sex / relations between the sexes

Related People

Author:

Matthew Prior

Confidence:

Speculation (10%)

Comments:

Wright and Spears II: 795. 'Wrongly attributed to Prior'.

Author:

Thomas Yalden

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

Probable variant of Advice to a lover. Chalmers (1810) XI: 85.

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For many unsuccessful years

Last Line:

What she for many years denied

Relationship:

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Content/Publication

Title:

The Agreeable Medley or, Universal Entertainer [T98503]

Page No(s):

p.239

Poem Title:

The Conquest

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed